(Spoiler: There’s nothing wrong with your healing process!) Most of the time, when people turn to mind-body healing for chronic pain and other symptoms, they arrive there as a last resort after having already tried everything that Western medicine has to offer. When they turn to mind-body healing, they usually start with things like the…

Confessions of a chronic pain recovery therapist I recently returned from attending a retreat in Sedona. And I had a pretty wild experience there that I thought I’d share, because it’s so relevant to the chronic pain recovery journey. One of the activities at this retreat was a session with a local healer who guided…

As a child, you may have been taught to always say “yes” to authority figures — even when your inner self wanted to say “no.”⁠ ⁠ At work, you may have been taught to always say “yes” to your boss — even when your inner self wants to say “no.”⁠ ⁠ In relationships, you may have been taught to…

Tips from a chronic pain recovery therapist For folks who struggle with chronic pain and other symptoms of a stressed and vigilant nervous system, it can be difficult to distinguish between our gut feelings and our conditioned fear responses. Do you ever have an urge to do something — or to not do something — but you don’t know…

Let me know if you relate to this… Often, when we start getting the hang of mind-body healing for chronic dis-ease, we find ourselves digging and digging and digging for complex answers to why we’re having a symptom. We want to know exactly what past trauma or life stressor or self-criticism habit is triggering every…

Dear reader, I had a mystical experience while I was preparing to open the doors to my group coaching for passionate creatives healing from chronic pain (enrollment has now closed, but you can find out more here.) I want to share this experience with you, because it’s so relevant to the essence of what the program…

Have you ever had a massive symptom flare-up right at the moment you were about to share your passion project with the world? Or just as you were about to start creating something that you felt really excited about? If you have experienced this, then you and I have something in common. 😉 In fact, I’ve experienced this over…

Time and time again, when I experience a period of pain and anxiety flares, the trail of clues that I receive when I listen to my body leads me back to this one underlying theme: Feeling guilty about feeling angry. Do you relate? Anger can be an empowering, expansive emotion — an embodiment of our innate life force. Karla…

It is naive to think that self-assertiveness is easy. To live self-assertively — which means to live authentically — is an act of high courage. That is why so many people spend the better part of their lives in hiding — from others and also from themselves. — Nathaniel Brandenauthor: The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem One…

There’s plenty of debate in the mind-body healing community about whether or not to take painkillers 💊 for a pain flare. At the end of the day, the choice has to be yours. Healing from chronic pain is about moving from fear and helplessness to empowerment and choice — and part of that is trusting your own…